CRIS: Add configuration possibility for using kmalloc for modules.

Using kmalloc instead of vmalloc solves the stability problems
experienced by some 100 LX products.

diff --git a/arch/cris/kernel/module.c b/arch/cris/kernel/module.c
index 11b867df8617dec4df64ce84078aa9e24a6fdc86..a187833febc8b0cfd582a39b84aaefdabe54a205 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/cris/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/cris/kernel/module.c
@@ -28,20 +28,28 @@
 #define DEBUGP(fmt , ...)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ETRAX_KMALLOCED_MODULES
+#define MALLOC_MODULE(size) kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL)
+#define FREE_MODULE(region) kfree(region)
+#else
+#define MALLOC_MODULE(size) vmalloc_exec(size)
+#define FREE_MODULE(region) vfree(region)
+#endif
+
 void *module_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
        if (size == 0)
                return NULL;
-       return vmalloc_exec(size);
+       return MALLOC_MODULE(size);
 }
 
 
 /* Free memory returned from module_alloc */
 void module_free(struct module *mod, void *module_region)
 {
-       vfree(module_region);
+       FREE_MODULE(module_region);
        /* FIXME: If module_region == mod->init_region, trim exception
-           table entries. */
+          table entries. */
 }
 
 /* We don't need anything special. */